lecture 24 vocab

Question 1

Australopithecus

Answer 1

Very old kind of human that lived long ago

Question 2

Bilateral

Answer 2

having two sides that are the same(right and left hands)

Question 3

Binomial name

Answer 3

fancy way of saying, and animals full name(homo sapiens)

Question 4

Body fossils

Answer 4

remains of plants, and species from a long time ago

Question 5

Chordates

Answer 5

Organisms that have a backbone
(fish birds humans)

Question 6

Continuous trait

Answer 6

A trait that can be any amount, (height)

Question 7

Cranium

Answer 7

skull

Question 8

denisovans

Answer 8

Distant relatives of humans

Question 9

discrete trait

Answer 9

traits that can only be certain amounts( hands (can only have five normally))

Question 10

extant

Answer 10

something that still around and living today

Question 11

fossil record

Answer 11

How plants and animals used to live long ago

Question 12

Geologic time scale

Answer 12

Timeline. That shows how old things are

Question 13

half life

Answer 13

Time it takes for something to become half of what it was before

Question 14

hominidae

Answer 14

Includes humans, great apes and all of our ancient relatives

Question 15

homininae

Answer 15

humans chimpanzees bonobo

Question 16

Homo rectus

Answer 16

Distant relative of human that looks really similar

Question 17

homo sapiens

Answer 17

humans

Question 18

mammal

Answer 18

animals that have warm blood, hair or fur and feed their babies milk

Question 19

out of africa hypothesis

Answer 19

The theory that humans originated from Africa

Question 20

primates

Answer 20

monkeys apes humans

Question 21

paleontology

Answer 21

Study of fossils to learn about animals and plants from long ago

Question 22

trace fossils

Answer 22

foot prints or marks left by animals long ago

Question 23

tribe hominini

Answer 23

humans and extinct ones

Question 24

vertebrates

Answer 24

animals with backbones inside of them